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New goodness-of-fit diagnostics for conditional discrete response models [PDF]
, 2017 This paper proposes new specification tests for conditional models with discrete responses, which are key to apply efficient maximum likelihood methods, to obtain consistent estimates of partial effects and to get appropriate predictions of the ...
Kheifets, Igor, Velasco, Carlos
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The Role of Coincident Information in Real‐Time Business Cycle Forecasting
Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Official NBER recession dates are announced with substantial delay. Therefore, real‐time forecasters cannot condition on the most recent business cycle states even though recessions and expansions are highly persistent. I study whether real‐time coincident releases can substitute for this missing information. At each monthly forecast origin, I
Visa Kuntze
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, 2008 Debt problems in the UK have recently become much more severe, especially for the lowest income groups, and we examine here their impact on health, using data from the national Families´ and Children´s Survey (FACS).
Lenton, P., Mosley, P.
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
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Full Dollarisation and Economic Performance Revisited
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the economic performance of fully dollarised economies compared to those with alternative monetary regimes. Using an extensive dataset covering 192 countries from 1980 to 2021, we employ a variety of econometric techniques, including joint maximum likelihood and propensity score matching, to address endogeneity and ...
John Thornton, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
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The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers [PDF]
, 2017 Black primary-school students matched to a same-race teacher perform better on standardized tests and face more favorable teacher perceptions, yet little is known about the long-run, sustained impacts of student-teacher demographic match.
Cassandra M. D. Hart +3 more
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International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The housing issue significantly influences individuals' well‐being. As a crucial mechanism for alleviating the housing issue, the housing security system has garnered increasing attention regarding its impact on residents' happiness. Utilizing data from the China Household Tracking Survey (CFPS), this paper seeks to thoroughly investigate the ...
Lingzhen Yao, Bei Qiao, Yuhan Hu
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The Effect of Income on Positive and Negative Subjective Well-Being [PDF]
Increasing evidence from the empirical economic and psychological literature suggests that positive and negative well-being are more than opposite ends of the same phenomenon.
Rainer Winkelmann, Stefan Boes
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Land Use Policy and Racial Segregation
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Land use policies, though seemingly race‐neutral, can inadvertently contribute to racial segregation. Our study focuses on examining the impact of minimum lot size regulations on the likelihood of ethnic minorities integrating into a community, which reveals compelling evidence suggesting that black households exhibit a preference for smaller ...
Ling Huang
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